For Now, Multiseed Crackers

In what seems to be a blink of an eye, most of the leaves in the backyard have now fallen to the ground…

It is a sad day.

I dream of happier, carefree days, in mid-September…

For now, we rake.

For hours and days on end, we rake until the blisters are so bad and our backs ache so much, we feel like we need to hibernate all winter until we realize that soon we will be shovelling snow, which is much worse.

When we finally come inside we shall enjoy Multiseed crackers, only because they are the perfect vehicle for hummus…

…and hummus is my comfort food.

Easy Multiseed Crackers

I call these the ‘plain janes’ of seed crackers; they are so simple and you can dress them up any way you want them, playing around with different herbs and spices. I think they are the perfect vehicle for hummus or other flavourful dips like guacamole and they are strangely addicting, even if the flax seeds stick to my teeth!

Directions: Mix 1 cup of flax in a bowl with about 1 cup of water. Stir well and let it sit for about 1 hour. In that time, the flax will ‘gel’ up and will have absorbed most of the water. It will be thick. Preheat oven to about 150F or use a dehydrator. Stir in the rest of the seeds and your desired herbs and spread the mixture onto a parchment lined baking sheet or dehydrator sheet. Sprinkle with lots of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Bake in the oven for about 50-70 minutes on each side (estimate only) until the desired crispness is achieved. I used a dehydrator and I dehydrated them for about 90 minutes on each side at 115F.

I was so amazed at how easy these were to make!

You simply soak some flax seeds until they gel up, then add the rest of the seeds, herbs, and seasonings, and then bake, flipping once, until firm.

They are oddly addicting and so satisfying with their nutty and salty flavour and chewy texture. Two thumbs up!

They sound interesting. I would like to make crackers but I think my mind is gearing up for a more “traditional” cracker. I am missing the leaves in NY as well. It was 70* yesterday, but felt weird without leaves on the trees. This weather is messing with me :)

Brr so cold! I woke up so excited to make a pumpkin spice latte this morning only to find my pumpkin had gotten moldy. No fear, though, I broke out the molasses and made a gingerbread latte instead. Deeeelish!

In other news…I’M GOING TO PARIS TODAY! I want to yell it to everyone I see.

Angela~ I know, right when I hit “commet” I realized what I said.. Doh! I only thought it could of been snow because you mentioned a storm the other day and the fact that some of my friends in other places are in snow-like conditions. Silly Me. :)

Hey, Raking is a great workout as you know, just keep thinking about the toning of the arms!

Yesterday all I could think about was how I could find a Clean Eating, vegan cracker recipe that I could use for hummus, and the like. I remembered that I saw your cracker recipe recently, but the flour and the earth balance still made me dream for a cleaner version that I could somehow convince myself that it was “HEALTHY”, lol. I eat the Mary’s got crackers a lot, but hey – they are still processed and I want to make my own.

Now I see this and I’m so excited because A. It fits the bill, and B. I have all the ingredients!!!!!!

I’m so making these tonight along with a batch of hummus. Thank you :)

haha I *WANT* to be a make your own hummus kinda girl, but time is not on my side lately, so I buy Fontaine Sante brand. Absolutely incredible and the best hummus I have ever tried. You can get it at costco, or you could at one point anyways. I now buy it in bulk from a wholesaler.

You’re a genius! I’m no vegan but I’ve tried a lot of your recipes and they’re all amazing and you make it so easy to do. These kinds of crackers are big where I grew up, I just never knew how to make them. Thank you so much for posting this! You’re AMAZING, seriously! :)

OY shoveling snow! That is one thing I don’t miss about living in a house, instead of a NY apartment. My mom used to make me and my brother go out there in the freezing cold weather with 2 giant shovels. Not fun.

I love the uneven broken shapes of the crackers. The ingredients are amazing too.

I totally agree about hummus being a comfort food. I just bought like 4 cans of chick peas this morning so I can make a big batch. I definitely want to make these crackers. Probably so much cheaper than buying healthy crackers too.

I make seeds only crackers, too! I find that in raw vegan cooking/uncooking that nuts like cashews and almonds are overused and I wanted to do a cracker that was seeds only, so I did about 6 mos or so ago…and have been loving it!

I also made mine more sweet, i.e. used agave/maple with cinnamon and sugar but it can be adapted to be savory.

Those crackers look like they would go amazing with a raspberry/chia seed pudding and some white wine. I could see that being a great spread before a holiday cocktail party. As always, your food makes me drool. :)

Your crackers look great, I buy Marys Gone Crackers, but, since I live in Australia I pay around $8.95 for a box, which is abit of money for a box of crackers, I am going to have a go at making these, it will prove to be cheaper.
I guess I will not say then that it is a beautiful sunny day in Melbourne today as we head into Summer.

Thanks for these Angela! I made these last night, and followed your recipe exactly. I seasoned mine with dried oregano, garlic powder and black pepper and they are awesome!!! They did take longer than 70 minutes to harden (I would actually say double that, in a 170 degree oven) but other than that, the recipe was spot on! I am so happy to have found an inexpensive, and wheat free cracker. Thanks!

Ok, I’m totally being a stalker right now, but I also wanted to add in that I cut mine with a pizza wheel before they were 100% hard, so they came out in perfect, cracker-shaped squares. Can you tell I’m instantly obsessed with these? OK, that is all.

Oh nooo! Your tree picture nearly made me cry! I’m mourning the loss of the leaves in my neighbourhood, too. Most of them are still there, for now… But only just :( I’m glad you followed up with some cute (and funny) kitty pics hehe

I just took these out of the oven and they are unbelievably good. Mine were a bit crumbly – lots of flax seeds fell off. I’ve still got plenty of solid crackers left, though. Did that happen to you too?